Hi all, I tried to post earlier and lost it, the post that it, not my mind,so hope I make contact now. I am already a member of the UK based forum, Beating Bowel Cancer, but, very few have had the same experience as me, so I thought I would see what if any fellow sufferers, (thats probably the wrong word), accross the water have.
To start, I had left hemi colectomy in Novemeber 13.T4 n1. Finished chemo in July 14. Had Oxaliplatin iv and Capcetabine tablets. Back at work etc. When I had my first CT scan, back in October, a 4mm lung nodule was found, and was deemed insignificant, but, I was followed up with another CT just as I started chemo in January 14. There was another 5mm one there too! I was told this could be a spread, may not be, but I was referred to a surgeon at Guys Hospital. She was sharpening her scalpel, and ordered another CT in March 14. I had had two rounds of chemo by then. The CT showed barely visible dots where the nodules had been, and I was told they had both disappeared. The onc I had at the time said "I told you it may be nothing". The surgeon rang me and said also that they could have been anything as things come and go all the time in the lungs, and sometimes very quickly. It could have been inflammation from an infection or something that went with the steroids I was taking with the chemo.She did also say on the other hand it could have been a small spread that had an excellent response to the two rounds of chemo I had had.
In August, a month after chemo, the scan was the same, but the radiologist who looked at it this time said he did think the dots remaining were scars from the chemo on the nodules, which he thought must have been cancer. My GP says they have no way of knowing this and to remain positive,as the scan was deemed all clear again by my Onc. My Onc says that if the radiologist thinks it was a spread, it probably was, and it will probably pop up somewhere else. She also said there is a slim chance it wont return as it was a very small spread that went so quickly, and i suppose there is also a slim chance it was benign anyway and the radiologist was wrong! I am now having 3 monthly CT scans. Results of the next one due on 20th November. So Colon clubbers, has anyone had, or know of anyone who has had the same thing happen to them, and, if so, what happened?
Many thanks for listening. Love Angie